Penholder



(No Model) M. W. PATTON.

PENHOLDER.

No. 583,202. Patented May 25', 1897} WITNESSES d mk/w NITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.-

MEROER WILLIAM PATTON, OF NE\V ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,202, dated May 25, 1897.

Application filed September 29, 1896. Serial No. 607,298. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MERGER WILLIAM PAT- TON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar 'numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to pens and penholders; and the object thereof is to provide an improved penholder the construction of which is such as to prevent the ink from rising above a certain point on the penholder when the holder is inserted too far into the ink stand or bottle.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a pen-stock provided with my improved penholder and a pen connected therewith Fig. 2, a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a central longitudinal vertical section of the penholder, the pen, and a part of the stock with which the holder is connected.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 a pen-stock of the usual form and construction, and in the practice of my invention I provide a penholder 6, which is adapted to be mounted on the end of the pen-stock in the usual manner and which consists, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, of two tubes 7 and 8, one of which is placed within the other, said tubes being of equal lengths, and formed in the opposite sides thereof are angular and transverse openings 9, and the outer ends of the tubes 7 and 8, when connected as shown and described, serve as the penholder, the pen being inserted between the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The

openings 9 serve to prevent the ink from risin g above said openings on the holder when the latter is inserted too far into the ink stand or bottle, and in this operation the ink flows inwardly through said openings, as will be readily understood, and the side portions 10 at the sides of the openings 9 may be as narrow as desired, all that is necessary being to leave enough of the side portions of the holder to support the outer end thereof and prevent the bending or breaking of the holder at the points where the sides are cut away to form the openings 9. Of course if the bottle or well is deep enough and the holder is inserted thereinto far enough the ink will rise on the end of the holder, which is connected with the pen-stock 5, but this is a condition that would seldom, if ever, occur.

My improved penholder is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and,

I-Iaving fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture a penholder consisting of a pen-stock of any desirable form, a penholder of two tubes one within the other and engaging the lower end of said pen-stock and said tubes having formed in the sides thereof angular transversely-extending openings adapted to prevent the ink from rising above a certain point on the penholder, the lower ends of said tubes being adapted to engage the pen,said parts being combined substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 21st day of September, 1896.

MERCER \VILLIAM PATTON.

Witnesses:

SOLOMON WoLnr, WILLIAM THOMAS MAXWELL. 

